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I have talked with HiFi buffs who stay awake through the night to listen to music on their systems, because "The electric power has higher quality after midnight, more stable voltage and less electric noise".
Also, I have an old HiFi catalog where a power cable (i.e. to the wall outlet) is offered at NOK 23,999 - almost USD 2500. (The catalog is about 15 years old. At that time, NOK was much stronger, so the amount would be USD 4500. You may add 50% inflation to that.)
The people selling stuff like that, at those prices, either truly believe in it themselves, or they are extremely good actors (/salesmen). To me it seems like they actually do believe.
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 With those prices, maybe it's time for a career change!
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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BillWoodruff wrote: what do you expect to see if you watch ?
People who do not trust M$.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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BillWoodruff wrote: as a former paid up apple fanbois, twenty years ago,
What happened? I thought they went after those who tried to leave the religion, much like scientologists...(oops, did I say that out loud?)
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skipped it nothing much these days...
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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To make it so you can only charge/ transfer data to/from your phone using only apple "proprietary" USB C cable.
You can't use any other cable coz the port is paired with the cable.
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"The new iPhone is out, we just have some teething problems with the antenna at the moment so you will either need to use the iPhone under water or you will need to carry it around in a bottle of water.
Rest assured it's nothing to do with the iPhone itself, we are in discussion with the electromagnetic spectrum creator to get them to fix things at their end..."
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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About five years ago I bought a set of unusual drills in Lidl. A taper drill, a stepped hole drill, a drill for widening holes, and so on. You know the sought of thing, an "it's bound to be useful sometime" buy.
Every now and then I see the box in the shed and think to myself, "One day, I'm going to find that really useful."
Finally, yesterday, the day came. I had a job where I wanted to make a conical indentation in a screw head. One of those drills would be perfect but, could I find the box? Of course not.
Next week, when I don't need it anymore, it will be lying somewhere in the shed that I have already looked.
I realize that this is just another manifestation of Murphy's famous law but, does it happen to you too?
Andy
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AndyChisholm wrote: does it happen to you too?
All too often.
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You know the drill ...
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More than I would like to admit... 
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Yes, but I usually forget what I am looking for.
I once shared a cubicle with a guy named Murphy. He believed in Smith's law.
>64
Some days the dragon wins. Suck it up.
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That's why I have at least two of everything in my shop!
I don't think before I open my mouth, I like to be as surprised a everyone else.
PartsBin an Electronics Part Organizer - Release Version 1.1.0 JaxCoder.com
Latest Article: SimpleWizardUpdate
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That just gives me two things that can grow legs and run away ... 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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When you have children they run away even quicker.
I don't think before I open my mouth, I like to be as surprised a everyone else.
PartsBin an Electronics Part Organizer - Release Version 1.1.0 JaxCoder.com
Latest Article: SimpleWizardUpdate
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Well what is there that's not a T-shirt for?
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Only two, you're awesome. I have way more than 2 of everything!
Hogan
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Looks like a minor Pratchett God has diversified ...
Anoia
The minor goddess of Things That Stick in Drawers, Anoia is praised by rattling a drawer and crying "How can it close on the damned thing but not open with it? Who bought this? Do we ever use it?" She also eats corkscrews and is responsible for Things Down The Backs of Sofas, and is considering moving into stuck zips.
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Just a bit chuck
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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I think this is very much true with the five external hard disks with me.
Which hard disk has the file I need now? I remember having saved it somewhere, but where?
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At least you can use FileLocator or similar to find it.
It's more complicated in the shed!
Andy
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Agree.
Maybe I should have used my bookshelf example. Sometimes I find it difficult to the find the needed book. I have more about a 1000 books in my personal collection.
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